South Korea To Counter Attack If Provoked Again By North Korea

Mostly Biz: South Korea To Counter Attack If Provoked Again By North Korea

After a hundred artillery shell attack on the South Korean Island by the North Korea on 23rd November, the President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak became furious and promised to give an answer in case they repeated such an attack. “I think we should retaliate enormously so as to not let the North dare to make this kind of provocation again. Given that North Korea maintains an offensive posture, we can expect an additional provocation,” Lee said.

The northern forces attacked at 2:34 pm, when the a live-fire exercise was being conducted by the South Korean marines. However the south counter attacked at 2:47 pm. Sources say that the chief negotiator of the south sent a fax to the North, to stop the firing, after which the attack stopped at 3:41 pm.

According to the sources, about 1,700 civilians on the island were attacked and the island was evacuated to about 20 shelters. In the year 1999 and 2002 the collision of the patrol boats of the North and South Korea, resulted in many casualties. The most recent encounter was in November last year when the North Koreans were defeated by the South Koreans.

The North had also fired hundreds of artilleries earlier this year, of which many had fallen on the southern border of the sea.